96 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



There is a man in the West who sells for 

 one dollar a receipt for making ewes own 

 lambs, either their own or some others. Hav- 

 ing paid my dollar I can testify that there is 

 merit in his plan, which is to carefully wash 

 the lamb, especially about the rump and tail 

 and on top of the head, removing thus all 

 trace of scent so far as possible. Next you 

 are to catch the ewe and milk upon the head 

 and rump of the lamb from her udder, rubbing 

 it well over him, and lastly to put a handful 

 of milk on her own nose and in her mouth. 

 Then hold the lamb to her side and when it 

 is sucking permit her to smell of it. Often 

 this will succeed, but if she has lambed some 

 days previously the recourse to stanchions will 

 be surer and less troublesome. 



FEEDING OP THE EWE AFTER LAMBING. 



If the ewe has been well nourished during 

 her pregnancy she comes in with her lamb 

 strong and has a well filled udder. At once 

 when the lamb is bom she must be turned 

 away from the flock, and if the shepherd will 

 give her the trifle of care that she really needs 

 then he will keep her by herself, or in a pen 

 with other ewes in her condition for a few 

 days. During this time she should be some- 

 what sparingly fed with grain, or it may even 

 be best to give her none at all, depending upon 

 her condition. It is unwise to early force her 

 to a milk flow in excess of what the lamb can 

 consume. In a few days, however, she will 

 need good food in generous amounts, for the 



